Rice Pierce is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Arizona. He has a Master of Science in Social Work (MSSW) degree from the University of Tennessee College of Social Work and is a veteran of the U.S. Navy.
Rice has worked in multiple diverse practice settings including Crisis Services helping those experiencing suicidal thoughts and other life crises; University counseling center helping young men and women experiencing stress, anxiety, depression, eating disorders, and challenges caused by autism; community mental health where the mental fitness challenges are often acute and sometimes made more difficult due to socio-economic challenge; a private practice serving the needs of individuals, families, and couples; inpatient psychiatric hospital supporting those experiencing acute psychosis, suicidal thoughts and/or attempts, and debilitating substance and alcohol use. He worked extensively with co-occurring disorders in several positions.
In these diverse positions, Rice worked with numerous people experiencing alcohol and substance use problems. These kinds of issues are a challenge of our time, and Rice is prepared to help you grow beyond the limits imposed by the debilitating instant gratification of alcohol and substance use.
Rice has done his own mental fitness work. A lifelong learner and avid reader, he has explored the issues that limited his life and often limit the lives of others. He sought individual therapy for himself when he found that his life was not peaceful and seemingly always in turmoil and stress. He participated in experiential learning workshops that helped him become a better observer of himself and of others. In this learning and growth work, Rice discovered and used his personal capacity to support others in uncovering and living the best version of themselves. He discovered that life is not hard, it just requires us to gather some new information about our mental fitness. This is the work that Rice supports clients to accomplish.
Rice’s purpose in life is: “To inspire others to love and action with my leadership, authenticity, and passion.” His diverse clients often say things like, “You talk to me like we’re equals. It makes me feel like I’m OK.” Rice believes that we are all OK just like we are today. Each of us is unique and what is normal for one may not be normal for another. What’s most important is that we are all normal for us. It denies human uniqueness to place one person’s definition of normal onto another.
There are emotional benefits in assessing how we are doing and living while considering manageable changes that might improve our well-being and peace of mind. This is mental fitness—assessing how we are doing, gathering information that can help us improve, and taking manageable action to progress.
If you want to feel better for any reason, that’s the job of mental fitness, something all of us can improve. I hope you’ll schedule an appointment online, email a question, or give me a call to set a time or have a question answered. I am here to help you find the unique answers to improve your mental fitness. Click here to make an appointment using the following confidential and secure link.
